Hey y’all – we now continue our regular programming for this month – Accessories. Today I’m showing how to sew an infinity scarf  – which also happens to be a great project for beginners and even to do in a group.
To make each scarf, you need a 2 yard by 22″ piece of fabric. You can either but 2 yards of fabric and make 2 scarves out of those 2 yards, or you can use one yard, cut it into two 36 in by 22 in pieces and then sew them together along one 22″ side to create 1 scarf out of 1 yard.
You can use pretty much any type of fabric for this, but keep in mind that the thicker/less drapey the fabric is, the thicker and fuller the scarf will be. The scarf pictured above is a cotton voile – that’s on the thinnest, most drapey end of the scale. The ones in the group project were made from cotton flannel prints, which are toward the stiffest, least drapey end of the scale.
Once you have your piece of fabric, fold it right sides together, matching the long edges. Sew the long edge, forming a long tube.
Next – you’re going to turn the tube halfway. This is easiest to accomplish by reaching into through middle of the tube, grabbing the end, and pulling it into the middle of the tube. Once you have the raw edges lined up at the top end of the tube, make sure the seam edges also match. In other words, you don’t want any twists in the tube. Once you have this done, sew around the circle end of the tube, leaving an opening that you can reach your hand through to finish turning the scarf.
Turn the scarf all the way right sides out through the hole you left. Then you can either do a blind stitch by hand to close the hole invisibly, or you can fold the raw edges in and pin them together then sew a straight stitch across the hole to close it. The second method is faster, but the topstitching can be seen.
We did this as a project in my local MOMs group, and I had a lot of fun sharing my love of sewing with my friends. Start to finish, with 3 sewing machines and about 15 ladies, this project took us only an hour.
Elizabeth McKay
I love this pattern!
sally riley
love the simplicity of this and – thanks for sharing
Beth Dishong
I really like this pattern/tutorial it was really the easiest thing I’ve seen in forever. I always try to send my daughter a box of “handmades by mom” for her birthday, because Christmas always seems to be just about the grandchildren. I like to make her birthday special. This year I picked 6 quilted baskets that fit inside each other not hard just took a long time to quilt. I saw a skirt on a website that I liked but couldn’t find a pattern for and I wouldn’t buy the skirt because that’s not the point of a “handmade” birthday. So I tried to make the pattern for it. It was a 10 Gore skirt with a really flirty headline that looked like it would “swish” when she walked. Well it took me several days and two muslin samples before I was satisfied with it. Now I hope it fits her as well as I hope it will. I wanted something else quick that I could make a couple of to finish off the gift. I remembered that she loves scarves and asked if I had ever made any infinity scarves. I haven’t but I saw your website and it looked the easiest to make. I made her 3 of them and my granddaughter 2. I then thought well now I need to send my grandson something so I found a pattern for a bow tie. He Like’s bow ties. Thanks for a great tutorial.
michele
Hi, I found this tutorial really helpful and i posted your pin on my blog for others to use. If you would like to see the results have a look on https://yummymummy.blog/2016/12/24/the-unexpected-gift/
Thanks for your tips!
Deb
Your tutorial was very easy to understand. Great job!
Petrina Lee
Your tutorial is the easiest to understand – I went through a few tutorials and got very confused! Well done and thanks!
CMS
VERY EASY PROJECT….THANKS
Alison Hingston
Hi Melissa,
I just found this tutorial. It is so muchbetter and easier to finish than the previousone I was using.
Thank you so much!
Best wishes
Alison Hingston
Daneice
Wow! GREAT tutorial! Brief, to the point & best, EASY to understand. You have quite a talent in explaining something that is easy to do, BUT only once you know how to do it! Your use of “placing your hand down the middle” was TOO perfect especially coupled with your diagram! Thank you so much for taking your time! I can’t wait to see your others tutorials!
Carol
Thank you for tge images—they made all the difference in undestanding the instructions.